Gordon Smith (hearts) George W. Bush
They say breaking up is hard to do.
It sure is for Gordon Smith. Despite the disastrous, wrongheaded policies of the Bush administration, Smith stands by his man.
Gordon Smith votes with President Bush 90 percent of the time. He’s voted with him on the Iraq War, on tax breaks for corporations, on drilling in ANWR, and a host of other bedrock conservative issues.
Again, that’s 90 percent. So, the only person in Oregon who agrees with our President on nine out of every 10 decision he makes unfortunately also happens to be our junior U.S. Senator.
He served as co-chair of Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign in Oregon, has raised money for him and frequently campaigns with him.
So, even though President Bush has broken our country’s budget, broken our military’s resources and broken his trust with the American people, Gordon Smith won’t break away from him.
How does that serve Oregon’s interests?
Posted July 5, 2007 Smith + Bush 1 comments
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A while back I responded to a George Will article claiming Gordon Smith had changed his alleged mind on Iraq,
http://tinyurl.com/3349t2
They printed it in the Sunday Mid-Valley paper,
http://tinyurl.com/2dszpk
Senator Smith’s not yet facing up to Iraq
Sunday’s George Will column contained this characterization of Senator Smith’s performance: “Since Smith’s ’end of my rope’ speech six months ago, the senator has been voting with the Democrats on such Iraq matters as timelines and benchmarks, stopping short only of voting for Sen. Russ Feingold’s proposal to cut off funds for the war next March.”
Oregon Democrats voted “no” on the May 24 Iraq bill, while Senator Smith voted “yes.” Senator Smith has a long way to go to face up to the problem in Iraq, a trip he’s not likely to make in time to be re-elected.
Steve Novick, Democratic Senate candidate, praised Sen. Ron Wyden’s vote against an “open-ended war in Iraq.” What was once President Bush’s colossal foreign policy blunder, the military action in Iraq, is growing in ownership across party lines. The Iraq Study group offered the nation the only hope for getting out of this mess.
But even the Iraq Study Group noted, “...many of Iraq’s most powerful and well-positioned leaders are not working toward a united Iraq.”
A two-state solution sits before us. The Kurds in the North have all but wrapped up forming an independent Kurdistan. Not without problems, at least this part of Iraq looks doable. This leaves the sectarian-violence-ridden remainder of Iraq. Get involved with the neighboring countries to contain this powder keg, and get our troops out of Iraq! Let’s start putting this boondoggle behind us!
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